Talk:Cylon (1978)

New BSG image
Isn't there a BSG real series Cylon picture out there that came from the real series and not from the modern bastardisation?

I mean, to those of us who actually do despise the un-imagining (oh shock shock), it seems just bloody rude to use a picture from this modern... whatever. Aberration. Ugh... as a representative picture for a race from the real BSG.


 * Yeah, the deimagining picture is poor form. I put it in there because it was the one in the original article.  It should be changed... so go ahead.
 * Duggy 1138 15:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Whats up with it? It shows a Cylon what more do you want :\? thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 15:23, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * An actual 1978 Cylon for the Cylon (1978) article would be better. But, I'm not about to change it.
 * Duggy 1138 15:40, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Cylons - reptilian race
Cylons are reptiles. Also, Luke Skywalker is a Vulcan. Cite your sources, know-it-all.


 * Apollo specifically says this in the pilot (end of the second episode when split.)
 * Duggy 1138 (talk) 08:38, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's also expressly stated in the novelization of the pilot episode - a race of reptiles that created the robots - the reptiles slowly died out, but the machines continue. 50.111.3.17 (talk) 21:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Telling time in the BSG universe and stealing of ideas, etc....
12 Colonies : 12 Constellations : 12 tribes of Israel (and one untraced), etc....

In German, the word for year is "Jahre" (plural, "Jahren", pronounced as the English "Yarn"). As German Jews speak Yiddish and much of Yiddish is lower German, this is probably the borrowed source of the word. Therefore, should it be spelled "Yahren" in this wiki? Maybe it should be changed to the spelling with a "J"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.126.162 (talk) 04:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Offical sources spell it Yahren, whatever the origin of the term was.
 * Duggy 1138 (talk) 07:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Cylon Tea in Persona 3
I bet it's a mistransliteration of Ceylon tea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.27.178.85 (talk) 01:08, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Battlestar-galactica-lucifer-cylon-il-series.JPG
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DON'T DELETE MY VERIFIED REFERENCE TO THE VOCODER USED!!!
Someone deleted my verifiable reference to the vocoder used on this show. STOP IT! All you have to do is look in a copy of the book 'How to Wreck a Nice Beach' by Dave Tompkins. DON'T BE AN ASS!! Thank you. AnalogVocoder1 (talk) 11:01, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Vocoder
Reinstating the vocoder used for the Cylon Centurions (both gold and silver) which is verifiable in the book 'How to Wreck a Nice Beach' by Dave Tompkins. The voice-actor Michael Santiago is not mentioned, but I know for a fact he is the voice of the Cylons because it's mentioned elsewhere and because I signed-up for two free weeks with IMDbPro and had several email chats with him confirming this. --VoiceEncoder (talk) 07:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've been watching this get added and deleted for some months now. While the chat can't be referenced, I do agree that it is a notable point as to how the Cylon voice is/was created, and IMO benefits the article. However, the location in the article doesn't work because it's within an area that is describing the Cylon characters' society. I suggest creating a new section (not a sub) above ==Popular culture== called ==Production notes== or something similar. That way you're clearly differentiating between the fictional and non-fictional elements. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 14:51, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The EMS Vocoder 2000 was used for both the gold Command Centurions and the silver Centurions ((the only difference being the gold Cylons spoke in a deeper (lower) pitch/tone)) and I decided to change this so as to not make the reader think it was only used for the gold Command Centurions and not the silver Centurions. --VoiceEncoder (talk) 00:57, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's all well and good, but I suspect that another editor will still revert you due to the location of the fact. Best, Markvs88 (talk) 01:33, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

"In lieu of"
"Cylon extras are briefly seen in the 2012 movie Argo, in lieu of both the film's nature and historical narrative." This makes absolutely no sense. "In lieu of" means "instead of". For example, "the family of the deceased requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the ASPCA." If anyone can figure out what this is supposed to be saying, it might be readded to the article. --Khajidha (talk) 21:30, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

"It is not clear"
"...it is not clear whether the robot Imperious Leader has a third brain or not.[citation needed]" "It is not clear" means exactly that there are not any sources that say one way or another. Hence, the comment "citation needed" is donkeyiesh and uncalled-for. As a well-known statement goes: "Absence of evidence is evidence of absence." (Carl Sagan) 47.215.180.7 (talk) 06:42, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The novelization of 'Battlestar Galactica' (from 1980?) states that the third brain is given ONLY to imperious leaders. 50.111.3.17 (talk) 22:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)